Cuff-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

R. W. LEWIS.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. a, 1906 2 SEBETSSHEET 1.

witnesses atknnu s PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. R. W. LEWIS.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. s, 1906.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

THE NURRIS IETERS 50., wAsmNaroN, o. c.

citizen of the United States, residing at Ros- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W. LEWIS, OF ROSWELL, TERRITORY OF NEWV MEXICO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. D. RENDER, OF ROSWELL, TER- RITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 11,1906.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. LEwIs, a

well, in the county of Chaves and Territory of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding cuffs securely in proper position around the wrists of the wearer, and, like other devices of this character, is designed for permitting the adjustment of the cuff to suit the length of the coat-sleeve, the objects of the invention being to provide an exceedingly simple device adapted to hold cufls for use with either link or ordinary cuffbuttons regardless of whether the cuffs are primarily designed for the use'of cuff-buttons of either kind.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cuff-holder which will securely attach the cuff to the shirt-sleeve without danger of the cuff being displaced accidentally or by violent gesticulations such as are sometimes indulged in by public speakers.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described, and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cuff-holder embodying the present improvements, the clamping part for attaching the hold er to the shirt-sleeve being shown detached and with the parts separated. Fig. 2 is a cross-section showing the device in position or clamped to the sleeve of a shirt. Figs. 3 and eare views showing the devices applied to a cuff with the arms in open and closed position, respectively.

Like letters of reference in the figures indicate the same parts. I

The body portion A of the device is preferably formed of sheet metal and provided throughout a large portion of its length with a slot B, terminating atone end in an enlarged opening B, said opening B being of such size as to permit of the passage of the 1 head of the clamping device G for securing the holder-to the shirtsleeve of the wearer. The clamping part or member consists, essentially, of a base-disk O, having a pointed screw-threaded stem O, adapted to penetrate the shirt-sleeve and to pass through the slot B in the body of the holder. l/Vorking on the screw-threaded stem 0 is a head D, adapted, when screwed down tightly, to clamp the body A and shirt-sleeve together, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The body A may be adjusted longitudinally and clamped in any position of adjustment said body may be entirely removed from the clampin device by being slipped along until the hea through the opening B leaving the clamping part in position in the sleeve.

At the forward end of the body A it is provided with two arms E E, pivotally connected at separate points with the said body portion by rivets e and adapted to move from a position parallel with each other and in line with the body portion to a diverging position, as shown in Fig. 1, in which latter position their further divergence will be prevented by the contact of their inner ends 6. Each of the arms E E carries at its outer end a stud F, said studs F being preferably made with heads projecting on one side only of the stems, whereby when the arms are brought together or parallel with each other the two will, in effect, form a single stud. and may both be passed through the same buttonhole in the cuff.

The clamping device is secured to the sleeve of the wearers shirt, preferably byhaving the threaded stem O pass through the material of the sleeve adjacent the side opening or, if desired, through a buttonhole provided in convenient position for its reception. The studs F are passed through the buttonholes of the cuff, andif said cuff is of the ordinary link cuffbutton variety the studs are passed through separate buttonholes, or if the cuff is to be worn with an ordinary cufi button they are both passed through the same buttonholes. If the cuff is of the ordinary variety and it is desired to wear the same with a link cuff-button, the studs F are passed through separate buttonholes in opposite ends of the cuff and permitted to spread apart, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the cuff will be held in proper desired, or the D of the clamping device will pass shape for Wearing as a link-button cuff. The holder, being in position on the cuff, is applied to the clamping device by being slipped over the head D of the latter and adjusted until the cuff is in proper position, when the wearer may clamp it in such position by using the second finger as a means for holding the base 0 of the clamp in position. and turning the head D with the first finger and thumb of the other hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I a 1. In an adjustable-cufi-holder, the combination with the body portion formed of sheet metal and having a longitudinal slot therein, and a clamping device workin in said slot for clamping the body to the s irt-sleeve of the wearer, of'a pair of independent armspivotally connected atone end with one end of said. body and having studs on their outer ends, the inner ends of said arms forming sto s .for limiting the diver ence of the arms; su st'antially as describe g 2. In an adjustable cuff-holder, the combination with the body portion formed of sheet metal and having a longitudinal slot therein and a clamping device embodying a plate having a threaded stem adapted to penetrate the wearers sleeve and pass through said slot and a head adapted to screw on said stem for clamping the body portion and sleeve of the wearer together, of apair of independent arms pivotally connected at one end with one end of the body portion at different points to 3 5 swing toward same plane said arms adapted to lie in proximity when the arms are parallel for entering the same and from each other n the buttonhole in the cuff; substantially as de 0 scribed.

3. In an adjustable cufiholder, the combination with the body portion formed of sheet metal with a longitudinal slot therein terminating in an enlar ed opening at one end, a 45 clamping member avinga threaded shank, -'a head adapted to pass through said opening and to work in the slot for clamping the body portion and sleeve of the wearer together, of

a pair of arms each pivotally connected near 50 its inner end with one end of the body portion at different points, said arms being extended on both sides of the pivots and studs mounted on the outer ends of the arms; substantially as described.

RICHARD W. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

J. D. RENDER,

R. E. LUND.

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